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Blackout Effect (1998)

Blackout Effect (1998)

Drama Thriller
Release Date: 1998, January 4
Directors: Jeff Bleckner
Countries: United States of America
Production: First Street Films, First Street Films
Cast: Eric Stoltz, Joel McKinnon Miller, Tucker Smallwood, Charles Martin Smith, Joe Guzaldo, Michael Mantell, Denis Arndt, Lorraine Toussaint, Leslie Hope, Jeff Williams, Andy Comeau, Jack Stehlin

Overview:

There has been a mid-air collision involving a passenger jet and a cargo flight, killing everyone aboard the two planes. The NTSB investigator in charge, whose girlfriend died in the crash, is puzzled. On one side, the air traffic controller claims he lost radar contact with the cargo plane shortly before impact, when his screen "blacked out." On the other side, everyone else, including the controller's bosses and the media, put the blame on human error. The truth is soon to be uncovered, as the aging air traffic control facilities are on the verge of failing right in the middle of the busy Thanksgiving season.